Robert KnappIronsides Partners

Principal of Ironsides Partners from 2007-present and portfolio manager for Millennium Partners, LP from 1997-2006. Am a specialist in closed end fund arbitrage, distressed debt, and special situations investing.
Educational background: earned a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 1989 and a BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from New College, Oxford University in 1993.
Other activities and responsibilities: Chairman of the Africa Opportunity Fund (LSE AIM: AOF), the lead independent director of MVC Capital (NYSE: MVC) and as a director of Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund Limited (LSE AIM: PAX). Serves as a trustee of Princeton in Asia, as an overseer of the Sea Education Association, and as a board member of the Regional Plan Association.